Shortlisted, 2023 Book of the Year Award (Saskatchewan Book Awards)
Shortlisted, 2023 SK Arts Poetry Award Honouring Anne Szumigalski
Shortlisted, 2023 Rasmussen & Co. Indigenous Peoples' Writing Award
Confronts the dark legacy of the Canadian residential school system
When Carol Rose GoldenEagle was a child, attending Easter church
services, she recalls the annual ritual of the priest presenting plaques
depicting the stages of Christ's persecution to his resurrection,
referred to as the "stations of the cross." Using these early teachings
as a springboard for critical reflections, poems look back, but more
importantly, look forward to reclaiming the gifts given by Creator
within Indigenous culture. GoldenEagle's searing new poetry collection
examines the dark legacy of the residential school system, church and
government doctrine, and the ongoing impacts on Indigenous peoples'
lives across Turtle Island.
"Carol Rose's poetry is profound, phenomenal! The journey of words
intertwining takes you to the past and the future. The connections
intertwined uniquely exceptional while capturing the poetic beauty, and
creation of a masterpiece! I survived genocide in and from the
institutional residential school. I felt the journey, the shift through
Carol Rose's incredible poetry. It brought me some tears. It put my life
in a perspective of silhouettes and vivid picturesque. This is poetry
you want to read again and again. I highly recommend for high school and
university classes!"--Bevann Fox, author of Genocidal Love
"STATIONS OF THE CROSSED takes apart this county's long history of
trying to extinguish Indigenous culture, and the legacy of colonialism.
Carol Rose GoldenEagle's own experience as a child of the Sixties Scoop
is direct and especially moving. She replaces the Old Testament
justifications with her own memories and reflections on community, and
the ethical teachings and ways of being in Indigenous culture. Itís been
said if we only have one story, that's the story we become. This is a
book about finding that new path, and the kind of story we need now--a
true one."--Bruce Rice, author of The Vivian Poems: The Life and Work
of Street Photographer Vivian Maier
"The words that Carol has so wonderfully woven together speak to many of
the questions I found myself asking over my own life. Juxtaposed with
the Fundamentalist Propaganda of the bible, the poems in this collection
call out and shine a light upon the truths and pain that we as
Indigenous people have faced since the coming of the White Man. They lay
bare the ugly reality of the steps taken to erase who we are and what we
are, while at the same time questioning the very dogmas and falsehoods
pushed upon us as Gospel and Salvation. This book will speak to those
who are needing to hear it, and need to know that it is OK to say, 'wait
a minute...'"--John Brady McDonald, Nehiyawak-Metis author of Childhood
Thoughts
Poetry. Native American Studies. Women's Studies.
